Chapter 10

Chapter 10: The Old Marquis's Fury

As night fell, the rear hall of the Duke of Dingguo's residence was illuminated with bright lights.

Suddenly, a loud slap on the table echoed, and the Old Marquis Ye Hong, sitting in the main seat, erupted with anger as he pointed at Cuizhu and bellowed, "Tell me, what exactly happened? How did those injuries appear on Yeyao? Speak!"

The Duke of Dingguo's household had always been small, now consisting only of Old Marquis Ye Hong, his second son Ye Jingtian, grandson Ye Wuchen, and granddaughter Ye Xiyao. Especially Ye Xiyao, due to her innate foolishness, she was cherished by Ye Hong like the apple of his eye, even more so than his only grandson, Ye Wuchen.

But today, she had left home perfectly fine, only to return from the palace beaten and bruised, her delicate face swollen and red. As her grandfather, how could he endure this?

Thus, disregarding the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Ye Hong immediately left the palace and returned home to tend to Ye Xiyao's injuries. Upon examination, he became even more enraged, his eyes turning red with fury!

Her body was covered in whip marks, two ribs were broken, and there were multiple internal injuries... According to the doctor, it was a miracle that she was still alive!

Ye Hong was furious but managed to maintain a smile as he comforted Ye Xiyao before dragging Cuizhu in for questioning. He wanted to know who dared to lay a hand on his precious granddaughter!

Cuizhu had never encountered such a situation before and was immediately frightened pale. Fortunately, she recalled Ye Xiyao's earlier instructions and, with trembling voice, hurriedly replied:

"Re, reply to Lord, it w, was the Shen family... The Shen sisters were the ones who b, beat Miss into this state..."

"What? The Shen family?"

"Yes, yes, my Lord. Today, when I escorted Miss to the palace, the Shen sisters had someone intentionally lead me away. Then they took Miss to the artificial mountain in the back garden. By the time I rushed over, I saw them kicking and beating Miss. When I tried to intervene, they started attacking me too... W, wuwu, Lord, you must avenge Miss..."

Given the increasing rivalry between the Shen and Ye families in recent years, Ye Hong immediately believed Cuizhu's words! He then slammed his hand fiercely on the table beside him.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the exquisite Spirit Beast bone square table crumbled and shattered into fragments across the floor.

"The Shen family, how dare they! They've gone too far!"

Shaking with rage, Ye Hong's father, Ye Jingtian, the second master of the Ye family and Ye Xiyao's uncle, spoke up softly at this moment,

"Father, please don't be angry. I believe that the Shen family humiliated Yao'er today not only because they see her as an inherently foolish child who can't defend herself, but also likely to test our boundaries."

Ye Jingtian was a handsome man in his early thirties, somewhat slender, with a scholarly appearance. However, his face was pale, save for his deep, piercing eyes.

"Considering that Father is well aware, our Ye family has always held an upper hand over the Shen family for years. Their resentment has been simmering, but they lacked the strength to act on it. Now, with a few promising young talents emerging from the Shen family, and hearing that Shen Lan recently advanced to the peak level of Green Spirit Adept, it's no wonder they've become so audacious and fearless."

"Hmph, those few Shen family brats are considered talented? Back then, our Chen'er had a remarkable talent in Fire Element at the sixth rank. Who in the Kingdom of Li could match that? If not for..."